The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-08-26

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A few years ago : gentleman In Wis
oonsin Who was familiar with the dairy
business showed that the farmers In
one county lost about 100000 In >
single season BY making inferior in
stead II very choice butter. He made
his showing BY ascertaining how many
mounds Of butter they made. and COM
paring tho amount Il sold for with
what would have been realized for 10
had il all been sold for fifty cents per
pound. which was received for few
choice lots made by parties who kept
Jersey cows had excellent facilities
Tor keeping milk. were expert butter
makers. and had city customers who
were able and willing 70 pay fancy
prices for . very superior article =
somewhat similar showing was made
about the same time in relation TO the
cheese made in one county IN New
York. The reports Of several market
towns were quoted to show that much
OF the cheese made during the season
sold for seven cents per pound. while
some choice foreign cheese had been
sold for forty cents. and some fall
cream cheese. favored TO sage. had
been disposed Of for twenty-five cents
per pound
Occasionally livestock journal
makes q sensation showing Us how
much farmers lose bv keeping inferior
cattle. Ii gives the prices realized for
A carload Of fancy beeves. all pure
blood or high-grade animals. pastured
on blue grass and fattened on corn
? me al. and compares them with the
sums received for scrubs" kept on
range. ranch. or . prairie farm that
4 has never been improved. and which
have never had any grain TO eat
4 Fruif-raisers often refer 10 the fact
( that some baskets Of peaches will
readily sell for ~. while others are
difficult 70 dispose If for 50 cents; that
choice spring lamb IL often sold IN our
large cities for 50 cents per pound =
certain. Extra fine chickens ready for
the broiling-iron BY the lst Of July
have also been sold for IS cents per
pound. The late DIR. HI. Of Alton.
sold Washington plums in this market
for 81 per dozen. He cold some Iears
and apricots at the same pr &C.. Black
Hamburg grapes have been sold 1t u
: pound during the same season tnat
Concords found = slow sale NJ one
twentieth Of that sum-
We are not justified. however. IN
drawing the conclusion that by raising
the quality q all the articles produce'l
on farms such prices could be realized
for them. There are rich epicures that
will pay almost any price for vegc-
tables produced far IN advance 81 The
season. for fruits of large size and sur
passing excellence. for meats that will
s.melt in the mouth" for cream cheese
and for fresh butter made IN winter
. from the milk Of jersey COWS Inc
number OF these persons. however y
. very small II all the products q the
, farm and garden were improved n
quality till they deserved % rank
! among dclicacies the present prices inr
. these articles could not " realizei.
: Comparatively few people can a'"ra
to buy luxuries NJ the prices they ~"
command. II no butter and chces'
conld be obtained for less than nifty
cents per pound most people would y
compelled BY stern necessity TO hnt
: substitutes for them. The like would
+ be true in relation 70 beef. lamb. fruit
4 and vegetables Of all kinds
e II is likely that the demand for lux
y aries. even at the prices now demand
Il "a for them. will increase as wealth
a accumulates in the country. But y
Z. nonsense 10 talk about selling all IN
!. products Of the farm and garden at th
"A prices Z few very rich men can pa
l. for what they use on their tables IN
Dr quality Of them may be raised 70 a
IDEAL standard. but the purchasers 2
IL them at fancy prices will he lev
n There will always be purchasers
III strawberries at fifty cents per box. By
=. the sales Of this most delicious fruit AZ
be never very large when the price
n much above one-ffth Of that sum AZ
a. like Is true in relation to vegetable
ne raised in hot-beds. grapes riPened ~
la der glass. and spring lamb and gree
en- peas In q condition 10 be cooked IN y
he month Of May. The great mass q n
nd mainly. even in = prosperous COUNT
gh like this. must be content with fruit
ell only medium quality, and which 81
les be obtained 1t a corresponding pF'c
ess II there were no scrub cattle In y
'ey country to furnish cheap meat. me-
eet Of our people would be obliged % =
Is along without Il, q the inhabitants
ter many European countries do--eo
cago Times.
Of :. =,
The volcanoes Pcpocateretl %
~ Ixtaccihutl. says Mexican exehanS
present a grand spectacle cn 81
Il. mornings They are covered win
~ and snow from their tops t. within
- h...I~..I fnot ~ their bases III